Writing the magic – with Juliet E. Mckenna

Writing the magic – with Juliet E. Mckenna

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSo, this is a bit of an unusual episode. Normally, we get an author on to discuss their new book. But today we have three authors talking about a brand new non-fiction book they’re part of, and two of them are your...
Alternate histories – with Sarah Brooks

Alternate histories – with Sarah Brooks

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor many writers, history can be both an inspiration and a source of plot. No one is going to call a fantasy writer out for “making it up”. With historical fiction, however, you have to be more careful...
Zombies are us – with Leigh Radford

Zombies are us – with Leigh Radford

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSZombies first shambled onto our cinema screens in the 1932 film White Zombie staring Bela Lugosi. Early incarnations involved voodoo reanimation and lacked the whole brain-eating aspect. (There’s a really...
Big deck energy – with Frances White

Big deck energy – with Frances White

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPart of a murder mystery’s charm is the narrative movement from chaos to order. The natural balance of justice is overturned and it’s up to ordinary people – rather than the law – to fix it. The...
Why choose? – with Elizabeth Helen

Why choose? – with Elizabeth Helen

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt seems like these days you can’t go into a bookshop without seeing a display of romantasy books. It’s a broad term that applies to everything from secondary fantasy worlds with devilishly handsome princes to...